Changes: Series 2 (Casualty)

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Series 2 is the second series of Casualty. It aired between 12 September and 19 December 1987. The series contained fifteen episodes, the same as the first series.

Episodes

Episode	Series	Episode	Centric character	Original airdate
16	1	"A Little Lobbying"	Ewart	12 September 1987
Temperatures are running high at Holby Hospital, pending an agreement on the future of the night shift. Ewart has two weeks to petition the case for the reopening. Note: First appearance of Elizabeth Straker and Mary Tomlinson.
17	2	"A Drop of the Hard Stuff"	Ewart	19 September 1987
A girl is beaten up by her boyfriend and there is a shock for Duffy when the girl is readmitted later. A party thrown by Susie enables Ewart and Elizabeth to make friends. Note: First appearance of Karen O'Malley and Cyril James.
18	3	"Shades of Love"	Ewart	26 September 1987
A woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease causes Mary to row with Social Services and Ewart discovers Kuba breaking the rules.
19	4	"Cry for Help"	Ewart	3 October 1987
A man is admitted after an electric shock and tragedy strikes when Mute and Ponting are trying to deal with a drunkard. Sandra Mute dies.
20	5	"Anaconda"	Ewart	10 October 1987
The night shift staff have to deal with a performing snake and a brutal racist attack on an Asian man. Ponting, unable to get over the death of Mute decides to leave the ambulance service.
21	6	"Lifelines"	Ewart	17 October 1987
It's Ponting's last night and Duffy's first as acting sister. Meanwhile Charlie encounters hostility when he tries to help a party of cavers. Note: Final appearance of Andrew Ponting.
22	7	"The Raid"	Ewart	24 October 1987
The team are put on full alert when tensions run high between the police and the black community. Duffy reacts badly under pressure. Note: First appearance of Shirley Franklin and Keith Cotterill.
23	8	"Cross Fingers"	Ewart	31 October 1987
A taxi-driver brings in a seriously ill girl with suspected meningitis. Elizabeth tries to contact Ewart – but why is he not taking her calls?
24	9	"Seeking Heat"	Ewart	7 November 1987
With his maintenance hearing behind him, Ewart can now be open in his relationship with Elizabeth. A massive bomb explosion causes Duffy and Mary to resolve their earlier hostilities.
25	10	"Rock-a-Bye-Baby"	Ewart	14 November 1987
An elderly lady put on a waiting list for an operation causes some heart-searching by Charlie, meanwhile Megan suspects child abuse when a woman brings in a badly bruised baby. Note: Final appearance of Karen O'Malley.
26	11	"Hooked"	Ewart	21 November 1987
Duffy receives some shattering news from Peter and two men turn up at Casualty demanding an AIDS test.
27	12	"Fun Night"	Ewart	28 November 1987
A row between two youths over a girlfriend results in a stabbing and a revenge attack. Elizabeth's daughter makes a startling announcement.
28	13	"Peace, Brother"	Ewart	5 December 1987
Mary's father is rushed into Casualty after collapsing and violence erupts when members of the wandering tribe visit Casualty with an unconscious boy.
29	14	"Burning Cases"	Ewart	12 December 1987
A paraplegic man sets himself on fire and Megan is worried that she might be accused of negligence when an elderly patient falls off a trolley. Ewart is suddenly taken seriously ill with a heart attack.
30	15	"These Things Happen"	Ewart	19 December 1987
The hospital authorities are to hold an investigation over the suspected negligence of an elderly patient. Elizabeth tells Ewart a few home truths about his health. Note: Final appearance of Elizabeth Straker, Mary Tomlinson and Susie Mercier.

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-Series 2 was the second series of ''Casualty'' and aired between 12 September and 19 December 1987.
+'''Series 2''' is the second series of ''[[Casualty]]''. It aired between 12 September and 19 December 1987. The series contained fifteen episodes, the same as the [[Series 1|first series]].
 ==Episodes==
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 !Original airdate
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 ! id="ep16" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|16
 |1
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"A Little Lobbying"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[A Little Lobbying]]"
+|[[Ewart]]
 |12 September 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|Temperatures are running high at Holby Hospital, pending an agreement on the future of the night shift. Ewart has two weeks to petition the case for the reopening.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
+'''Note:''' First appearance of Elizabeth Straker and Mary Tomlinson.
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">Temperatures are running high at Holby Hospital, pending an agreement on the future of the night shift. Ewart has two weeks to petition the case for the reopening.</p>
-Elizabeth Straker and Mary Tomlinson are introduced.
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep17" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|17
 |2
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"A Drop of the Hard Stuff"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[A Drop of the Hard Stuff]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |19 September 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|A girl is beaten up by her boyfriend and there is a shock for Duffy when the girl is readmitted later. A party thrown by Susie enables Ewart and Elizabeth to make friends.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">A girl is beaten up by her boyfriend and there is a shock for Duffy when the girl is readmitted later. A party thrown by Susie enables Ewart and Elizabeth to make friends.</p>
-<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Karen O'Malley and Cyril James are introduced.</p>
+'''Note:''' First appearance of Karen O'Malley and Cyril James.
-'''Guest starring Michael Garner and Dorian Healy.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep18" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|18
 |3
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Shades of Love"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Shades of Love]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |26 September 1987
 |-
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
+| class="description" colspan="5"|A woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease causes Mary to row with Social Services and Ewart discovers Kuba breaking the rules.
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">A woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease causes Mary to row with Social Services and Ewart discovers Kuba breaking the rules.</p>
-'''Guest starring Mela White.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep19" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|19
 |4
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Cry for Help"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Cry for Help]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |3 October 1987
 |-
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|A man is admitted after an electric shock and tragedy strikes when Mute and Ponting are trying to deal with a drunkard. Sandra Mute dies.
+| class="description" colspan="5"|A man is admitted after an electric shock and tragedy strikes when Mute and Ponting are trying to deal with a drunkard. Sandra Mute dies.
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep20" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|20
 |5
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Anaconda"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Anaconda]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |10 October 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|The night shift staff have to deal with a performing snake and a brutal racist attack on an Asian man. Ponting, unable to get over the death of Mute decides to leave the ambulance service.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">The night shift staff have to deal with a performing snake and a brutal racist attack on an Asian man. Ponting, unable to get over the death of Mute decides to leave the ambulance service.</p>
-'''Guest starring Tony Selby.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep21" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|21
 |6
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Lifelines"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Lifelines]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |17 October 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|It's Ponting's last night and Duffy's first as acting sister. Meanwhile Charlie encounters hostility when he tries to help a party of cavers.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">It's Ponting's last night and Duffy's first as acting sister. Meanwhile Charlie encounters hostility when he tries to help a party of cavers.</p>
+'''Note:''' Final appearance of [[Andrew Ponting]].
-<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Andrew Ponting departs.</p>
-'''Guest starring Dee Sadler.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep22" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|22
 |7
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"The Raid"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[The Raid]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |24 October 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|The team are put on full alert when tensions run high between the police and the black community. Duffy reacts badly under pressure.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">The team are put on full alert when tensions run high between the police and the black community. Duffy reacts badly under pressure.</p>
-<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Shirley Franklin and Keith Cotterill are introduced.</p>
+'''Note:''' First appearance of Shirley Franklin and Keith Cotterill.
-'''Guest starring Gary Beadle and Pam Ferris.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep23" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|23
 |8
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Cross Fingers"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Cross Fingers]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |31 October 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|A taxi-driver brings in a seriously ill girl with suspected meningitis. Elizabeth tries to contact Ewart – but why is he not taking her calls?
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">A taxi-driver brings in a seriously ill girl with suspected meningitis. Elizabeth tries to contact Ewart – but why is he not taking her calls?</p>
-'''Guest starring Ian Reddington.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep24" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|24
 |9
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Seeking Heat"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Seeking Heat]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |7 November 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|With his maintenance hearing behind him, Ewart can now be open in his relationship with Elizabeth. A massive bomb explosion causes Duffy and Mary to resolve their earlier hostilities.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">With his maintenance hearing behind him, Ewart can now be open in his relationship with Elizabeth. A massive bomb explosion causes Duffy and Mary to resolve their earlier hostilities.</p>
-'''Guest starring Christopher Ellison.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep25" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|25
 |10
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Rock-a-Bye-Baby"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Rock-a-Bye-Baby]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |14 November 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|An elderly lady put on a waiting list for an operation causes some heart-searching by Charlie, meanwhile Megan suspects child abuse when a woman brings in a badly bruised baby.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">An elderly lady put on a waiting list for an operation causes some heart-searching by Charlie, meanwhile Megan suspects child abuse when a woman brings in a badly bruised baby.</p>
-<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Karen O'Malley departs.</p>
+'''Note:''' Final appearance of Karen O'Malley.
-'''Guest starring Edna Dore.'''
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep26" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|26
 |11
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Hooked"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Hooked]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |21 November 1987
 |-
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|Duffy receives some shattering news from Peter and two men turn up at Casualty demanding an AIDS test.
+| class="description" colspan="5"|Duffy receives some shattering news from Peter and two men turn up at Casualty demanding an AIDS test.
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep27" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|27
 |12
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Fun Night"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Fun Night]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |28 November 1987
 |-
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|A row between two youths over a girlfriend results in a stabbing and a revenge attack. Elizabeth's daughter makes a startling announcement.
+| class="description" colspan="5"|A row between two youths over a girlfriend results in a stabbing and a revenge attack. Elizabeth's daughter makes a startling announcement.
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep28" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|28
 |13
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Peace, Brother"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Peace, Brother]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |5 December 1987
 |-
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|Mary's father is rushed into Casualty after collapsing and violence erupts when members of the wandering tribe visit Casualty with an unconscious boy.
+| class="description" colspan="5"|Mary's father is rushed into Casualty after collapsing and violence erupts when members of the wandering tribe visit Casualty with an unconscious boy.
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep29" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|29
 |14
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"Burning Cases"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[Burning Cases]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |12 December 1987
 |-
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|A paraplegic man sets himself on fire and Megan is worried that she might be accused of negligence when an elderly patient falls off a trolley. Ewart is suddenly taken seriously ill with a heart attack.
+| class="description" colspan="5"|A paraplegic man sets himself on fire and Megan is worried that she might be accused of negligence when an elderly patient falls off a trolley. Ewart is suddenly taken seriously ill with a heart attack.
 |- class="vevent" style="text-align:center;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"
 ! id="ep30" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;"|30
 |15
-| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"These Things Happen"
+| class="summary" style="text-align:left;"|"[[These Things Happen]]"
+|<span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.2px;">[[Ewart]]</span>
 |19 December 1987
 |-
+| class="description" colspan="5"|The hospital authorities are to hold an investigation over the suspected negligence of an elderly patient. Elizabeth tells Ewart a few home truths about his health.
-! class="description" colspan="4" scope="row" style="border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-color:rgb(34,17,255);"|
+'''Note:''' Final appearance of Elizabeth Straker, Mary Tomlinson and Susie Mercier.
-<p style="line-height:1.5em;">The hospital authorities are to hold an investigation over the suspected negligence of an elderly patient. Elizabeth tells Ewart a few home truths about his health.</p>
-Elizabeth Straker, Mary Tomlinson and Susie Mercier depart.
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